Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín

Spanish nun (1544–1594)

Servant of God Catalina of Christ O.C.D.

Religious, Mystic
Born	28 October 1544 Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Ávila, Spain
Died	3 January 1594(1594-01-03) (aged 49) Barcelona, Spain
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	03 January

Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín or Sister Catalina de Cristo (1544-1594) was a Carmelite nun and associate of Teresa of Ávila.^[1] She was born in Madrigal de las Altas Torres in Spain to nobility. Her parents did not teach her to read as they felt that would keep her innocent and away from heresy. This ultimately became an impediment to her as a nun and the order taught her reading before she became a prioress.^[2] She was the prioress in Barcelona when she died in 1594. Her body is said to be incorrupt.^[3]

References

^ Teresa of Avila (23 September 2011). The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 2 (1578 - 1582): 1578-1582. ICS Publications. p. 410. ISBN 978-0-935216-90-5.
^ Elizabeth Teresa Howe (29 April 2016). Education and Women in the Early Modern Hispanic World. Routledge. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-1-317-14587-5.
^ Christine Quigley (13 October 2005). The Corpse: A History. McFarland. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4766-1377-2.